Impacts www.nytimes.com Arctic’s ‘last ice area’ may be less resistant to global warming The region, which could provide a last refuge for polar bears and other Arctic wildlife that depends on ice, is not as stable as previously thought, according to a new study.
www.dw.com Polarstern team warns Arctic may be past tipping point A research team that set sail for the Arctic has warned that the tipping point for irreversible global warming may have already been triggered.
Newsletter www.nytimes.com Arctic science mission wraps up as research ship docks in Germany The Polarstern docked at its home port of Bremerhaven nearly 13 months after it left Norway to study the rapidly changing Arctic.
Impacts www.newscientist.com Arctic explorers find unusually thin ice as a result of climate change The biggest ever science expedition to the Arctic encountered extremely thin sea ice, which could threaten future efforts to study the region.
Solutions www.nytimes.com Coronavirus interrupts, but doesn't end, Arctic research expedition The Polarstern, a science ship, will have to temporarily break out of polar ice because supply flights are no longer possible.
Solutions www.nytimes.com Coronavirus restrictions force cancellation of Arctic research flights The Mosaic expedition has canceled a series of research flights after the Norwegian government imposed travel restrictions related to coronavirus.
Impacts www.smithsonianmag.com Why the MOSAiC expedition's research is so vital to climate change research On a ship frozen in the Arctic, scientists have spent all winter to shed light on exactly how the world is changing.
